Podcasting for Learning in Universities This website is a goldmine of ideas on how podcasting can be used in higher education. I have ordered the books to get more detailed information, but the website provided many helpful resources.
Audacity Tutorial I do not have a subscription to Lynda, so I haven't seen this tutorial (though I would love to). I have included it for those who do, as it looks really comprehensive and Lynda comes so highly recommended by Russ.
Easy Podcast with Audacity This podcast, and all the other Youtube videos explaining how to use Audacity, are the low-budget way to learn!
Twenty-five Free Digital Audio Editors You Should Know Though it seems that most people consider Audacity to be the best of the free digital audio editors, I have included this website for those who aren't happy with Audacity or whose needs might be better served by one of the alternatives.
Andrew
Audacity is a free audio recording/editing device that is useful for editing sound files for projects:
Fulvio Cinquini, Equestrian Photographer The images created by this photographer were my main inspiration to create World of the Horse this summer. http://www.fulviocinquini.it/gallery/index.html
Video on Paso Fino horses Here we see many nice views of horseback riding and the equipment used that is used in it. Due to their unique gait, Paso Finos move past the camera slowly enough to show action more clearly than in most videos. http://youtu.be/Zqqkrl1jXlM
Bach, Toccata and Fugue in D minor, organ
One of a series of videos on data visualization for classical music. Whenever I feel like my creativity is stagnant, watching these gets me thinking out of the box about visuals. http://youtu.be/ATbMw6X3T40
Multi-media Tools and Resources
Website Creation Weebly.com a free website creation + hosting tool
Images Picasa Flickr both host images that can be organized, and then shared and embedded as galleries or slideshows
Image*After a large online free photo collection. You can download and use any image or texture from our site and use it in your own work, either personal or commercial.
Video Youtube Vimeo both host videos that can be shared and embedded
Maps Google maps Bing maps Both allow creation of customized maps that can be shared and embedded
Dipity Timeline creator, with mapping, text, and flipbook features
Animaps extends the My Maps feature of Google Maps by letting you create maps with markers that move, images and text that pop up on cue, and lines and shapes that change over time.
Mind – mapping SpiderScribe.net build brainstorming docs or multi-media org charts within a browser window
Online Resources Free Technology for Resourcea great blog www.wiggio.com:
I just learned of this site. It does seems to be useful in a number of settings. I think this will be the platform I use for my multimedia project in this course. I am intrigued by many of the Wiggio features from web conferencing to taking polls.
http://www.afmu.com/
Word Press: I have asked my students to use this site to create websites for assigments in my courses.
I used this over the summer to develop small 3-5 min previews of the reading material each week for my micro class. Podomatic was very easy to use; the product was good; and I had fun adding small pertinent images to each podcast icon. Feedback from students has been good; they like a preview of what's coming up in the reading; what are focal points, etc.
I have been working with wikispaces lately and trying to develop a wiki project for my environmental science class. I'm working on translating this project into a 'roll-out' for a class of 85 students [divided into smaller groups]. So while wikispaces is very easy to use; I need to look at 'large-scale' development of a project using it [fine-tune the details to avoid mass chaos!].
I use Grooveshark to develop playlists which I use in conjunction with my general toxicology class. I ask students to listen to various selections on my playlists and relate them to concepts we are studying; alternatively, I ask them to compile playlists based around a particular concept. I have not found Grooveshark hard to use; many, many selections from which to choose...lots of fun!
I use Wikimedia Commons to find images for the homepages of my course modules; I also use it to find images for reflection exercises I do with my toxicology classes. I ask them to meditate/reflect upon the image in relation to a particular concept we are studying ..
I use this Microanatomy Atlas of images from the human body when I teach toxicology. I find that my students can better relate to the toxic effects a chemical may produce if they can see an image of the organ system which is affected by the chemical[s].
Podcasting for Teaching, Learning, and Professional Development This slideshow introduced me to the idea of interactive podcasting. Though I won't be using it in my project, I thought it was an exciting idea that others might be able to use.
Audacity Tutorial I do not have a subscription to Lynda, so I haven't seen this tutorial (though I would love to). I have included it for those who do, as it looks really comprehensive and Lynda comes so highly recommended by Russ.
Easy Podcast with Audacity This podcast, and all the other Youtube videos explaining how to use Audacity, are the low-budget way to learn!
Twenty-five Free Digital Audio Editors You Should Know Though it seems that most people consider Audacity to be the best of the free digital audio editors, I have included this website for those who aren't happy with Audacity or whose needs might be better served by one of the alternatives.
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Microsoft maintains a collection of useful images, GIF's, and swf's for projects:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/images/?CTT=97
OpenOffice is a suite of free applications that are comparable and compatible with Microsoft Office.
http://www.openoffice.org/
The following website is a great collection of musical scores that can be used as visual examples:
http://imslp.org/wiki/
This is a really cool application that creates a visual example of a MIDI music file:
http://www.musanim.com/
Pure Data is an amazingly powerful open-source audio programming environment developed by Miller Puckette and several others at IRCAM.
http://puredata.info/
Although it has a rather steep learning curve, there is unlimited potential to what can be created with it.
This website has a list of free music resources:
http://www.seabreezecomputers.com/tips/freemusic.htm
Visual Images Collections
Fulvio Cinquini, Equestrian Photographer
The images created by this photographer were my main inspiration to create World of the Horse this summer.
http://www.fulviocinquini.it/gallery/index.html
Flickr account of Anderson Dias
An undiscovered horse photographer in Argentina whose work I stumbled across.http://www.flickr.com/photos/comparceiro/with/2123022901/
Video on Paso Fino horses
Here we see many nice views of horseback riding and the equipment used that is used in it. Due to their unique gait, Paso Finos move past the camera slowly enough to show action more clearly than in most videos.
http://youtu.be/Zqqkrl1jXlM
Bach, Toccata and Fugue in D minor, organ
One of a series of videos on data visualization for classical music. Whenever I feel like my creativity is stagnant, watching these gets me thinking out of the box about visuals.http://youtu.be/ATbMw6X3T40
Multi-media Tools and Resources
Website Creation
Weebly.com a free website creation + hosting tool
Images
Picasa
Flickr both host images that can be organized, and then shared and embedded as galleries or slideshows
Image*After a large online free photo collection. You can download and use any image or texture from our site and use it in your own work, either personal or commercial.
Video
Youtube
Vimeo both host videos that can be shared and embedded
Maps
Google maps
Bing maps Both allow creation of customized maps that can be shared and embedded
Dipity Timeline creator, with mapping, text, and flipbook features
Animaps extends the My Maps feature of Google Maps by letting you create maps with markers that move, images and text that pop up on cue, and lines and shapes that change over time.
Webquests
Zunal webquest creator
Mind – mapping
SpiderScribe.net build brainstorming docs or multi-media org charts within a browser window
Online Resources
Free Technology for Resource a great blog
www.wiggio.com:
I just learned of this site. It does seems to be useful in a number of settings. I think this will be the platform I use for my multimedia project in this course. I am intrigued by many of the Wiggio features from web conferencing to taking polls.
http://www.afmu.com/
Word Press: I have asked my students to use this site to create websites for assigments in my courses.
http://voicethread.com/
I have used voicethread when students need to combine a powerpoint slideshow presentation with voice over features.
http://www.podomatic.com
I used this over the summer to develop small 3-5 min previews of the reading material each week for my micro class. Podomatic was very easy to use; the product was good; and I had fun adding small pertinent images to each podcast icon. Feedback from students has been good; they like a preview of what's coming up in the reading; what are focal points, etc.
http://www.wikispaces.com
I have been working with wikispaces lately and trying to develop a wiki project for my environmental science class. I'm working on translating this project into a 'roll-out' for a class of 85 students [divided into smaller groups]. So while wikispaces is very easy to use; I need to look at 'large-scale' development of a project using it [fine-tune the details to avoid mass chaos!].
http://www.grooveshark.com
I use Grooveshark to develop playlists which I use in conjunction with my general toxicology class. I ask students to listen to various selections on my playlists and relate them to concepts we are studying; alternatively, I ask them to compile playlists based around a particular concept. I have not found Grooveshark hard to use; many, many selections from which to choose...lots of fun!
Wikimedia Commons
I use Wikimedia Commons to find images for the homepages of my course modules; I also use it to find images for reflection exercises I do with my toxicology classes. I ask them to meditate/reflect upon the image in relation to a particular concept we are studying ..
Microanatomy Atlas
I use this Microanatomy Atlas of images from the human body when I teach toxicology. I find that my students can better relate to the toxic effects a chemical may produce if they can see an image of the organ system which is affected by the chemical[s].
http://www.udlcenter.org/aboutudl/udlguidelines/principle1